Burning water

[Cymric]

I smell a rat, a big one. The process supposedly 'works' by separating water molecules into their molecular constituents, hydrogen and oxygen. These are then combusted. In other words, you get exactly the same amount of energy out of the system as you put into it. I fail to spot the appeal of such a design.

(Anyone notice that Orbo, the much hyped free energy device, is now completely out of the picture? Apparently we're dealing with another Orbo-wannabe.)

[Cymric]

I hadn't seen the movies yet at the time of my first response. But that sure looks like a Na-enriched something to me, indeed. I'm also quite impressed that people can actually get so close to the apparatus without there being any need for shielding. You'd expect them to give off yellow flames themselves, really.

[Cymric]

I concur with Karlos: potassium would give a purple / violet flame.

I also would like to add for those who eat 'lo cal' salt that there isn't anything 'lo cal' about it: your body cannot use it for energy. It is just that you take in less sodium; this is better for heart and kidneys. (People unwittingly eat too much salt---sodium---anyway. I've read in numerous journals that all the effort to ban transfats from food is rather expensive, and that it might be more efficient to get them to eat less salt instead.)